The residence of a former mayor will be open for touring July 12, 2009, during a housewalk in west suburban Maywood.

The Foursquare (sometimes referred to as a "Prairie Box") was built prior to 1904. From 1904 to 1908, it was the home of the Johnsons, the owners of Pocahontas Smokeless Coal/W.N. Johnson & Son. The home later was the residence of former Mayor James Parrilli, who lost his seat to Maywood's first black mayor, Joseph Freelon, in 1981.

"A number of successful Prairie School architects who were associates of Frank Lloyd Wright came to Maywood to practice their trade," said Tom Kus, president of the North Maywood Community Organization, the sponsor of the event. "As a result, the Prairie School style of architecture is well represented."

Seven homes will be open. Here is the rest of the lineup for this year's tour, the organization's fourth annual:

This home was designed by noted Prairie School architect E.E. Roberts. "The current owners have plans to nominate this home to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places," Kus said.

E.E. Roberts also designed another home on the tour, built in 1906. All interior doors and windows are framed by wide wood moldings, oak on the first floor and cherry on the second.

The living room and dining room have double crown molding. The beamed dining room ceiling has the original hanging copper lanterns.

Show-goers can be on the lookout for the E.E. Roberts signature stain glass window at the stairwell landing.

The first Italianate style house plans appeared in America in the 1830s but became popular in the 1860s through 1890. Such two- to four-story homes are designed to resemble northern Italian villas.

Found in nearly every part of the U.S. except the deep South, Italianate floor plans can be classically symmetrical or fancifully asymmetrical. The style features double-hung windows, large round-arched openings at first floor (often full-length) and simpler rectangular windows above.

A Queen Anne style home was built sometime before 1904 by an unknown architect.

"It was the residence of Margaret McIntyre until approximately 1926," Kus said. "She worked as a saleslady for Otto Young & Co., a wholesale jewelry business."

Records indicated that Geo Pollo and his wife were the residents of this Georgian style home from about 1926 to 1954.

"The current owners maintain the beautiful woodwork and the latch-style windows throughout the home," Kus said.

A stone and brick Queen Anne with a wraparound porch was built in 1894 for a prominent local merchant.

Visitors can look for an unusual carved glass window in the foyer depicting the Bohlander family crest. Other highlights include stained glass in the "bridal" stairwell and a carved oak mantel in the front room.